2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference

Format

• The preliminary round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of nine matches.
• The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom six were eliminated.

• The semifinals featured best-of-three series.
• The match-ups were as follows:
• * SF1: #1 vs. #4
• * SF2: #2 vs. #3
• The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place series.

• The championship and third-place series were best-of-three series.
• The match-ups were as follows:
• * Championship: Semifinal round winners
• * Third-place series: Semifinal round losers

  Pool standing procedure

• First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
• If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
• * Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
• * Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
• In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
• * Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
• * Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
• * Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

  Preliminary round

Team standings